[HOW-TO] - - Flash a Rom or Radio and re-locking on your TP2 from the SD card

[jd2010]

long time lurker... I finally got sick of my TP2 being so slow and awful with lockups running stock rom.

These directions were awesome, I had the energy rom on there in under 20 minutes start to finish.

[SGxVENOM]

hey, what is the relocking function for? i got unlock and I put new ROM on, but why need to relock and what is my "stock ROM" and how to get it? TIA sorry I noobish lmao!

[kaaos]

might want to add that if you have a cracked screen and are trying to flash back to stock if you have any other programs on our computer, that are trying to access the phone. I had mdesktop open and now my phone is bricked.

[kaaos]

nevermind I reopened the sprint update stock rom utility.the phone was in a recovery mode and seemed dead and unresponsive but now it seems to be good.

[elesbb]

WOW ! how lame ! i was running the Stock ROM , and my phone is going berserk , not sending texts , not connecting to data , even after a HARD RESET ! I am at school right now . And there is a Sprint Store near by , so i figured id re-lock and go get it checked out hoping for a replacement . Well i downloaded the RELOCK.zip attatchment , and it relocked it alright , and also whiped out the friggin stock ROM , now i have to go back and reflash with the cable , which i dont have with me -.- i figured it would be the same as relocking via computer , you dont have to reflash stock .. ughhhh . Oh also , has anyone gotten their hands on the NEW SPL i believe its .78 ?? or .73 ??

[rorshak]

dude i had uploaded touch pro rom on my touch pro 2 can you help me in any way?

[timewaster]

I am new to TP2 and flashing.
i have seen references to something called "task29" when flashing.
Is this something old and is no longer necessary?

[mstammyt]

Hi, fairly new here and getting ready to use my first custom rom. I have read everything I could find, backed up my files and downloaded everything I need.

Want to be sure about one thing.. I dont need to re-lock after installing the new custom rom?? Only time I need to re-lock is if I would go back to stock rom??

Thanks for answers in advance!
Tammy

[kozmo]

Originally Posted by timewaster

I am new to TP2 and flashing.
i have seen references to something called "task29" when flashing.
Is this something old and is no longer necessary?

Some say that it's necessary, others say it's a waste of time... It only takes less than 2 minutes to do, so why not? If you're coming from a stock ROM it's not needed, only going from one custom ROM to another.

Originally Posted by mstammyt

Hi, fairly new here and getting ready to use my first custom rom. I have read everything I could find, backed up my files and downloaded everything I need.

Want to be sure about one thing.. I dont need to re-lock after installing the new custom rom?? Only time I need to re-lock is if I would go back to stock rom??

Thanks for answers in advance!
Tammy

The only time you would need to re-lock is if you need to take it back to Sprint for a replacement, otherwise never re-lock, even if you go back to stock ROM.

[john1134]

I am a fairly experienced flasher in the past. I have been using and Energy ROM on my TP2 for quite a while now, and now want to reflash the stock ROM. However, this is my new error message after I have synced, opened, accepted and get the splash screen on my phone:

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ERROR [260] : CONNECTION



The Update Utility cannot connect to your PDA Phone. Please check that
your USB cradle/cable is connected properly between the PC and your
PDA Phone.

Check the following:

1. The PDA Phone is connected to the USB cradle/cable.
2. The USB cradly/cable is connected to the PC.


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Can someone help me? This is not only when I try to flash the stock ROM, but even my old ROM's give me this message.

I thought it might be the cable, but I am connected through activesync and am able to move files between my phone and computer.

Please help!